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On 14 April 2014 at about 6:45 am, two bombs exploded at a crowded bus station in Nyanya, Abuja, Nigeria, killing at least 88 people and injuring at least 200. The bus station is 8 km southwest of central Federal Capital Territory. [2][3][4][5][6] Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the bombing six days later.
Deaths. 100+. Between 23 and 25 June 2014, a series of attacks occurred in central Nigeria. On 23–24 June, gunmen attacked a number of villages in Kaduna State, killing around 150 people. The attack was blamed on Fulani tribesmen. On 25 June 2014, a bomb exploded at the Emab Plaza in the national capital of Abuja, killing at least 21 people.
Deaths. 19. Injured. 60. Perpetrator. Unknown. On 1 May 2014, a car bomb exploded in New Nyanya, a town in Nasarawa State, Nigeria. The explosion killed at least 19 people and injured at least 60.
23–25 June – June 2014 Kaduna and Abuja attacks – Around 171 people are killed in a series of attacks in Kaduna State and a bombing in Abuja. 26 June – Over 100 militants are killed by the Nigerian military during a raid on two Boko Haram camps. [ 28 ] 28 June – 11 people are killed by a bombing in Bauchi.
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The Abuja DSS attack was a coordinated terrorist attack by the Islamic group Boko Haram on the Department of State Security, Abuja on 31 March 2014 in a bid to escape from detention. [1] This resulted in the death of 21 insurgents who attempted to escape leaving 2 security personnel severely injured. [2]
Boko Haram, officially known as Jamā'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah wa'l-Jihād[22] (Arabic: جماعة أهل السنة للدعوة والجهاد, lit. 'Group of the People of Sunnah for Dawah and Jihad '), [23] is an Islamist terrorist jihadist organization based in northeastern Nigeria, which is also active in Chad, Niger, northern Cameroon ...
Al-Shabaab. Aug 4. Vehicular assault. 1 (+1 terrorist) 6. Jerusalem, Israel. 2014 Jerusalem tractor attack. A Palestinian attacker rammed the front end of a massive construction excavator into an Israeli bus, overturning the vehicle and killing a pedestrian before he was shot and killed by a police officer.